Netflix just released a brand-new political thriller from the award-winning director of The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty — and it’s instantly the most important movie of 2025.
Helming her first film since 2017’s Detroit, Kathryn Bigelow returns with this nail-biting doomsday thriller about government response to a worst-case nuclear scenario for the United States. Told through overlapping perspectives with a top-notch cast, A House of Dynamite is often as thrilling and terrifying as a horror film.
Watch With Us loves a good political thriller, so we unsurprisingly loved A House of Dynamite — and we think you will too.
We break down why it’s a must-watch this weekend.
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